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consulate in libya. that's according to congressman adam schiff who is urging his fellow political party members to boycott a select committee on the matter. just hours ago he says it would be aco last sal waste of time. and the7ve back on forth on th sunday got pretty heated. new york congressman peter king said if democrats were to boycott that committee it would be a big mistake. >> if the democrats boycott this committee and refuse to take part, the american people are going to conclude that they have something to hide, that they cannot defend the administration. >> many republicans, including the house speaker said the obama administration misled american people on the days after the attack. they point to botched talking points claiming the killings were as a result of an anti muslim video. an email released last week indicated the white house helped shape those talking points, whichóác we know are not true. steve, what are republicans hoping to learn from the committee? >> they say the white hou
consulate in libya. that's according to congressman adam schiff who is urging his fellow political party members to boycott a select committee on the matter. just hours ago he says it would be aco last sal waste of time. and the7ve back on forth on th sunday got pretty heated. new york congressman peter king said if democrats were to boycott that committee it would be a big mistake. >> if the democrats boycott this committee and refuse to take part, the american people are going to...
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they are antiinterventionist, antigoing into these unnecessary wars like iraq and afghanistan and libya. they are all fed up with that. they don't want to fight in ukraine. they don't want to fight in crimea. you saw last summer when obama was going to attack syria, air and missile strikes because of their chemical weapons, the american people rose up as one to stop it cold and they did. the elites john in washington, d.c. of both partys are deeply interventionist, but the american people are antiwar and antiinterventionists, but not isolationists. >> i don't know if you consider obama administration as the elites. he kept us out of wars. i totally agree with that. but after two wars that the american people perceive we lost and an economy that was tanked and pouring money into iraq which is now plunged back into civil war and into afghanistan, which may be better, but it's not a trillion dollars better and these young men and women coming home and no jobs for them, can you blame the american people for saying let's pay attention to home here for a while? >> let mort in. >> i think if y
they are antiinterventionist, antigoing into these unnecessary wars like iraq and afghanistan and libya. they are all fed up with that. they don't want to fight in ukraine. they don't want to fight in crimea. you saw last summer when obama was going to attack syria, air and missile strikes because of their chemical weapons, the american people rose up as one to stop it cold and they did. the elites john in washington, d.c. of both partys are deeply interventionist, but the american people are...
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we heard a story when we were in libya of schoolgirls that use google maps to watch where the nato bombing was so they could get themselves to school safely. so think about the importance of a smartphone. now, imagine that you're wandering along in somalia, and your smartphone is taken by somebody. and now they've got your contact list, your friends, they can impersonate you and so forth. these are very weighty issues. >> it is interesting, to your point, i think when you think back at the atrocities committed during war in history, there was a sense of people didn't know. people didn't know. had we known, we would have intervened. and i think the striking thing about syria is we know. >> but if i could just ask you, sheryl, when you were at google, one of the many amazing things she did at google, she had the fill an droppic and the social consciousness that others didn't at the company and spent a lot of time talking about development, development world, growth rate. basically, the problems of a third world. so it seems to me that since you started that, things have gotten better because
we heard a story when we were in libya of schoolgirls that use google maps to watch where the nato bombing was so they could get themselves to school safely. so think about the importance of a smartphone. now, imagine that you're wandering along in somalia, and your smartphone is taken by somebody. and now they've got your contact list, your friends, they can impersonate you and so forth. these are very weighty issues. >> it is interesting, to your point, i think when you think back at...
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the cia station chief in libya said it was a terror attack. now we found out this week, so did the deputy intelligence director for africom. here was his testimony. >> what we did know quite early on was this was a hostile action. this was no demonstration gone terribly awry. >> senator ayotte, why do you think it is the cia, the state department, and the white house ignored their people on the ground when they said this was not a terror attack? >> because the white house is pushing a political explanation leading up to an election. the president had been saying al qaeda was on the run. they were trying to push a narrative of strength in foreign policy. this did not fit their narrative. this is actually an indication of a broader failure of foreign policy. the light footprint policy. in fact, we know also that secretary dempsey -- excuse me secretary panetta and secretary dempsey knew right away it was a terror attack. that was not pushed by the administration. they were trying to push this spontaneous reaction that was out of their control. t
the cia station chief in libya said it was a terror attack. now we found out this week, so did the deputy intelligence director for africom. here was his testimony. >> what we did know quite early on was this was a hostile action. this was no demonstration gone terribly awry. >> senator ayotte, why do you think it is the cia, the state department, and the white house ignored their people on the ground when they said this was not a terror attack? >> because the white house is...
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. >> in libya a new prime minister was worn in after a vet and walk outs. businessmen have been asked to help out. today's vote is expected to be challenged by law habers. in india the largest elections are in a final week. it could play a significant role. we explain j. >> reporter: he's a self-made man, a property developer. he heads a construction company in mumbai. he's a follower of a branch of hindu faith. they recorded minority status making them the sixth official minority. joining muslims, christians, buddists and farrsies. they are given preferential treatment in business and commouption. financial lows are easier to access. this move by the government can be interpreted as one to attract votes. this would not sway anyone in the community. calls for the minority status have been ongoing, to protect the doctrine and community. there are vanadvantages. >> more people will go into education. the advantage will be that they'll be able to help people. everyone will be benefitting out of that. >> across the city another businessman and his wife though t
. >> in libya a new prime minister was worn in after a vet and walk outs. businessmen have been asked to help out. today's vote is expected to be challenged by law habers. in india the largest elections are in a final week. it could play a significant role. we explain j. >> reporter: he's a self-made man, a property developer. he heads a construction company in mumbai. he's a follower of a branch of hindu faith. they recorded minority status making them the sixth official minority....
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about that after was that and i know that from my personal experience because i was on the ground in libya back in february and march of two thousand and eleven. and i know that up until his ouster his government was paying salaries to police officers to doctors to teach very same been guys have been gaza that was already overtaken by protesters and they even took special mashers. provides residents have been gazi with antiretroviral drugs reach doesn't really a square at least for me with this portrayal of him as a ruthless lunatic i wouldn't see him as a ruthless lunatic i mentioned he was a borderline person personality who was usually above the border but could have exaggerated decision making when he was either happy with success or when he was failing and under grass of pressure that's when his decision making became distorted and now i think there is some commonality in the way these. authoritarian leaders are perpetrate in the west and specifically by american policy makers and they're usually portrayed as you know these madman the cruel irrational are you sad are aware that saddam
about that after was that and i know that from my personal experience because i was on the ground in libya back in february and march of two thousand and eleven. and i know that up until his ouster his government was paying salaries to police officers to doctors to teach very same been guys have been gaza that was already overtaken by protesters and they even took special mashers. provides residents have been gazi with antiretroviral drugs reach doesn't really a square at least for me with this...
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mission in benghazi, libya, that killed four american diplomats. newly released video shows -- susan rice for her controversial sunday talk show appearances with deputy national security advisor ben rhodes writing in an e-mail two days before that the administration wanted her, quote, to underscore that these protests are rooted in an internet video and not a broader failure of policy. joining the panel this week, "wall street journal" columnist and deputy editor dan henninger. and columnist mary o'mcgrady. you've been following this for us. i thought all the e-mails were supposed to have done the least long ago. >> how did it turn up now? >> so did congress and all the media this one came out of judicial watch, a conservative watch dog group who put in a freedom of information act request saying there's more stuff there, we want to see it. they fought it, but they eventually released it last month. >> but it got turned over to the committee in the last several days? >> turned over to the committee and the watch dog group. the narrative put out by
mission in benghazi, libya, that killed four american diplomats. newly released video shows -- susan rice for her controversial sunday talk show appearances with deputy national security advisor ben rhodes writing in an e-mail two days before that the administration wanted her, quote, to underscore that these protests are rooted in an internet video and not a broader failure of policy. joining the panel this week, "wall street journal" columnist and deputy editor dan henninger. and...
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he has to win hearts and minds among libya's youth. he's courageous, but he has a lot of work ahead of him. >> if you look at the parliament blocs that have support him, does that give us any reason to hope he will be more successful in establishing the authority of the state and disarming militias? >> not immediately. he has two weeks to form a cabinet and two weeks is enough time for many political blocs to either change their mind and look for other candidates, so unless he can try to work inside and be inclusive, then i think he has a good chance and as tripoli resident he has a good chance to win his place back in the center of governance in tripoli and find his place back in the capital. he's a good choice on the table. yes, i think he's got a pretty good chance. >> what's happened to the political transition in that whole process? now we're talking about whether a prime minister can hold onto power rather than a new constitution, the constituent assembly and so on? >> well, it's the constituent assembly and constitution are inte
he has to win hearts and minds among libya's youth. he's courageous, but he has a lot of work ahead of him. >> if you look at the parliament blocs that have support him, does that give us any reason to hope he will be more successful in establishing the authority of the state and disarming militias? >> not immediately. he has two weeks to form a cabinet and two weeks is enough time for many political blocs to either change their mind and look for other candidates, so unless he can...
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to try to find a way out of this conundrum but this is not like libya there's a large base of loyal syrian military and we have a long ways to go in this struggle and there's no easy answer but dr post you. you mentioned it earlier about saddam hussein and more market off and i think we also can see that in the now a declassified political profile of idol hitler it's all those leaders had a very strong south identification of that country. there was this famous quote saddam is iraq iraq is saddam but when you look at bashar al assad he always makes a point about stressing the limits of his authority he always stresses in his interviews that he doesn't own the country and yet. these protests of him as these to rally collegiate or who controls everything in syria is very persistent it seems that the american policy makers and the western media in general a very bent on presenting him as a tyrant no matter what. i don't see him in the manner in which you're characterizing him and i wouldn't touch people generically in the west in fact as i pointed out in that paragraph and as you emphasized i
to try to find a way out of this conundrum but this is not like libya there's a large base of loyal syrian military and we have a long ways to go in this struggle and there's no easy answer but dr post you. you mentioned it earlier about saddam hussein and more market off and i think we also can see that in the now a declassified political profile of idol hitler it's all those leaders had a very strong south identification of that country. there was this famous quote saddam is iraq iraq is...
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heidi of covering the above thing for you to fight years ago we sent a force in the cargo ships to libya to supply up the medical and food and the cruising to do some people get on to uni in the idea. so we being involved in but to forty involvement. fold the different kind of search and rescue operation on multinational a cheeky all pollution and we still need to make an after school nobody would invite do we go on the stand because of the time. but we have to approach. but there will be understanding between both self knowledge bases we do have a chilling axis eyes on this interview is up. this has been going on a real force for common use in christ. despite natural but you know nowadays the nt as a threat to the body is not any single country can do it for myself. the required more to mention efforts. no one here we have the capital of tea we have to win this weekend to know that we can come to think it will be issued in its twenty international one visit me too. you cannot invite taiwan to participate i think we need to. we can come to feel we need to currently he is up. the boys pas
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it was never true in libya. look at what was happening in real time, and there is nobody, nobody that thought there was a video that was causing a protest in benghazi, nobody. >> but, again -- what i was referring to was the intelligence committee does refer to a spontaneous event at the embassy in cairo that evolved into a direct attack on benghazi and the argument by critics is, this is a conflation of issues and the white house trying to obscure it and certainly trying to make the president look good. anita dunn, and that was the subject of that e-mail. >> that is unprecedented in the history of white houses, okay? >> trying to make the president look good? >> or at least -- >> or politicizing national security? >> no, trying to get a coherence message out there on shows like yours. it's been called a smoking gun. if you look at this, it's a lot more like a leaky water pistol. there's not a lot that's new in here. frankly, it's a broader kind of e-mail that gets sent around probably every friday and then agen
it was never true in libya. look at what was happening in real time, and there is nobody, nobody that thought there was a video that was causing a protest in benghazi, nobody. >> but, again -- what i was referring to was the intelligence committee does refer to a spontaneous event at the embassy in cairo that evolved into a direct attack on benghazi and the argument by critics is, this is a conflation of issues and the white house trying to obscure it and certainly trying to make the...
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. >> 19 months ago, a terrible thing happened in benghazi, libya. four brave americans were issue has never been not only resolved but as each of the last 19 months has how andhe issue of under what circumstances this heinous crime was committed continues. the senator from south carolina and i and a senator from new hampshire and others have about we will never give up on this issue until the truth is known and the people who perpetrated it are brought to just us. turnve seen another page in this chapter of cover-up and obfuscation by this administration by the belated 19 months later police of the following e-mails. first one we will not pay much attention to. this is from the benjamin rhodes, who is supposed to be the public relations -- public affairs office for the national security council. in fact, he is obviously the propaganda organ. the purpose, the goals as he states them to underscore that these protests are rooted in an internet video and not a broader failure of policy. i tell my colleagues that that was not a fact. that was not a fact.
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we saw those crisis in egypt and libya, benghazi, in tunisia, and the drama of syria unfolding, and this book is explaining why these crisis are unfolding, answering questions that the reader, the lawmakers, and the public opinion immediate to know about. >> can we right the course on some of these things, whether it's syria, libya, egypt? are there measures that could now stem the tide there, turn the tide? >> well, first of all, we need to understand what the foreign policy has done, and, therefore, we need to hang it. we cannot solve these crisis with the same policy. number one, we have allied ourselves with the wrong factions after or during the arab spring. with the muslim brotherhood in egypt and the jihadists, and in syria we have not acted on time. the two tracks that the administration took partnership with the brotherhood, opening up to the iranians basically led to the disaster that we see, but there is an alternative if the administration decides to change course. >> what would that be? i know it's not easy to choose a horse in these races? there's conflicting allegiances. >
we saw those crisis in egypt and libya, benghazi, in tunisia, and the drama of syria unfolding, and this book is explaining why these crisis are unfolding, answering questions that the reader, the lawmakers, and the public opinion immediate to know about. >> can we right the course on some of these things, whether it's syria, libya, egypt? are there measures that could now stem the tide there, turn the tide? >> well, first of all, we need to understand what the foreign policy has...
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this is the nature of libya right now. these militias consider themselves the army -- >> did you vet -- >> this is the challenge we have in this country. there was the central army -- >> so we would try to normalize the security situation. the red cross has been run out. we reduce the number of gun toters and increased local militias that we could not vet? >> it is highly risky. traveling to libya, you can feel relatively safe because these militias provide a neighborhood watch program. many of them are filling the void of the security forces. we need to look at how we use the word "militia" carefully because these are the security forces. >> two years ago it was not normal in a situation, it was more dramatic, no way to vet people, and we have reduced the number of folks who have provided security and increased the people who were watching the front door, and it was clear they were walking away from the front door and we had sharia walk-through and the attack was on. let me take a recess. we will move toward vote and come
this is the nature of libya right now. these militias consider themselves the army -- >> did you vet -- >> this is the challenge we have in this country. there was the central army -- >> so we would try to normalize the security situation. the red cross has been run out. we reduce the number of gun toters and increased local militias that we could not vet? >> it is highly risky. traveling to libya, you can feel relatively safe because these militias provide a...
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. >> libya's parliament has chosen a new prime minister. he's been sworn in by the general national congress. he needed 120 votes to win. h libya's previous prime minister ne resigned three weeks ago citing security concerns. >>> the trial of three al jazeera journalists has been adjourned again until may 15th. they are accused of falsifying news and conspireing with the outlawed muslim brotherhood. a fourth journalist has been detained since last august. he has been on hunger track for 104 days. al jazeera rejects all of the charges against its staff. >>> panama is known for its famous canal. now it is getting ready to expand in the hope of becoming one of the shipping capitols of the world. a report from the seaport of cologne. >> panama's makeover is well underway. cranes fill a skyline crowded with sky scrapers. new highways are being built and the country's first metro was inaugurated. it's hoped the expansion of the canal will double trade volumes, attracting hundreds of millions of dollars in new revenue. >> panama is in the middle o
. >> libya's parliament has chosen a new prime minister. he's been sworn in by the general national congress. he needed 120 votes to win. h libya's previous prime minister ne resigned three weeks ago citing security concerns. >>> the trial of three al jazeera journalists has been adjourned again until may 15th. they are accused of falsifying news and conspireing with the outlawed muslim brotherhood. a fourth journalist has been detained since last august. he has been on hunger...
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it was a death trap on 16 august there memo coming from libya to washington saying we can't withstand coordinated terrorist attack as the benghazi conflict because they are al qaeda. additional -- request for security for denied in washington to the point that the head of security in libya said, believed that taliban were working in washington. who fold her the level of security? that's a lie. >> schieffer: you're saying that's just a lie. >> that's a lie. everybody knew that. it's a lie that the video caused a protest. the cia said they never associated the video with the demonstration. who told the white house that the video was the causal event here. what told susan rice that the video 1/5 caused the provide test when the cia said they never said that. where did the white house get this from? >> schieffer: as you well know critics on the other side are saying that republicans are just using this for political politics, that this is just all politics. it's been investigated and investigated now speaker boehner will have yet another investigation. what do you say in response to that?
it was a death trap on 16 august there memo coming from libya to washington saying we can't withstand coordinated terrorist attack as the benghazi conflict because they are al qaeda. additional -- request for security for denied in washington to the point that the head of security in libya said, believed that taliban were working in washington. who fold her the level of security? that's a lie. >> schieffer: you're saying that's just a lie. >> that's a lie. everybody knew that. it's...
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it was september 11, 2012 when four americans were killed in benghazi, libya in what we now know was a terrorist attack. on the right, there's been lots of talk of a cover-up to protect the president. this week there was a new development, an e-mail obtained through a freedom of act lawsuit, written by ben rhodes, security adviser. included on the e-mail, some top white house officials. i'll get to that, but first the blue on red news, blue news. it was openly mocked as the idea of a cover-up. >> the smoking gun has been found. not only was a cnn official apparently following guidance, he was also managing political fallout before the 2004 elections. this was a major part when they tried to broadcast fear and panic. also being sarcastic. but the reason or proportion, those didn't seem to be lost on conservatives who have turned this e-mail into the watergate tapes. >> now bill o'reilly, who was furious with the e-mail, didn't get media attention right away. >> that's a scandal. a scandal. that is proof the american press is dishonest. period. they're covering up a cover-up. which mig
it was september 11, 2012 when four americans were killed in benghazi, libya in what we now know was a terrorist attack. on the right, there's been lots of talk of a cover-up to protect the president. this week there was a new development, an e-mail obtained through a freedom of act lawsuit, written by ben rhodes, security adviser. included on the e-mail, some top white house officials. i'll get to that, but first the blue on red news, blue news. it was openly mocked as the idea of a cover-up....
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the factors make libya a concern. 30 miles from the libya border, which had multiple links to libya, including training. despite the superb execution of the intervention, this created a much more complicated regional dynamic for the u.s. senate and helped jihadist groups and has had negative consequences for libya's neighbors. it is not clear the intervention saved lives. some scholars argue that the fact the nato intervention prolonged the war meant that it cost more lives than it safe. -- saves. even if it saves more lives than libya, further lives were lost as a result. this is why i cannot join with those who proclaim nato's intervention to be a strategic success. i appreciate the opportunity to testify and i look forward to answering your questions. >> thank you. chairman, ranking member cummings, committee members, i am grateful for the opportunity to speak with you about libya's security crisis and what the international community can do to assist. i bring the perspective of both a scholar who travels frequently to the country and a military officer who served in tripoli prior
the factors make libya a concern. 30 miles from the libya border, which had multiple links to libya, including training. despite the superb execution of the intervention, this created a much more complicated regional dynamic for the u.s. senate and helped jihadist groups and has had negative consequences for libya's neighbors. it is not clear the intervention saved lives. some scholars argue that the fact the nato intervention prolonged the war meant that it cost more lives than it safe. --...
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and with direct responsibility kept saying it was the cia station chief in libya said it was a terror attack and now we found out this week so did the deputy intelligence director for u.s. forces in africa. here was his testimony. >> what we did know early on is this was a hostile action. this was no demonstration going terribly awry. >> senator ayotte, why do you think it is that the cia, the state department and the white house ignored their people and the ground when they said this was not a terror attack? >> because the white house is pushing a political explanation leading up to an election. the president had been saying al qaeda was on the run. this did not fit their narrative. this is a broader failure of foreign policy. and, in fact, we know also that secretary panetta also said the same thing. they knew right away it was a terrorist attack. yet that, was not pushed by the administration. they were trying to push this video that it was some kind of spontaneous reaction that was out of their control. that's significant. this should matter. >> we're running out of time, senator
and with direct responsibility kept saying it was the cia station chief in libya said it was a terror attack and now we found out this week so did the deputy intelligence director for u.s. forces in africa. here was his testimony. >> what we did know early on is this was a hostile action. this was no demonstration going terribly awry. >> senator ayotte, why do you think it is that the cia, the state department and the white house ignored their people and the ground when they said...
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at the time reports from libya, media reports, said the same thing and investigations by the senate intelligence committee and "the new york times" both come up with the same conclusion. so even with what susan rice said, if not entirely accurate was kind of close to what other people have found. so there if there's a difference of opinion here -- >> i think it's close to what we knew months and years later now. which developed by a bipartisan committee. my question, is this something in the republican brain soup? did they somehow get the idea that something bad happened here? if you've about got boehner under sodium pentothal -- imagine the thought -- >> or two bottles of cologne. >> -- what's your worst-case scenario about what happened? not when press releases were issued. what happened? did anyone deserve blame for a beloved ambassador getting killed? >> i don't have any idea what they believe. i guess some of them probably believe that. >> that hillary was after something else? >> something like that or that it had to be some kind of misfeasance or lack of preparedness on the obama administ
at the time reports from libya, media reports, said the same thing and investigations by the senate intelligence committee and "the new york times" both come up with the same conclusion. so even with what susan rice said, if not entirely accurate was kind of close to what other people have found. so there if there's a difference of opinion here -- >> i think it's close to what we knew months and years later now. which developed by a bipartisan committee. my question, is this...
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we know no one in the white house called for direct military support of the americans under fire in libya that night. what was he doing? well, it now turns out that the white house visitor logs reveal he was in debate prep. he had three aides join him that night including ron claim, the democrat well-known as a debate prepper, and apparently the president was preparing for debate. >> mr. dude, a number of senators have requested information from him and wanted to find out exactly where the president was as this event was unfolding. did anyone go to the situation room in the white house? were you in debate prep the whole evening with these three aides or did you stay, did you wander off down the hallway down to the situation room? was anyone in the situation room as this was unfolding? when was hillary clinton during all this, too? she seemed to be watching in realtime what was unfolding in benghazi and she gets on the phone with the president at 150:00 p.m. and we still do not know the contents of the phone call because then did the president say, is this on video? or did hillary clinton
we know no one in the white house called for direct military support of the americans under fire in libya that night. what was he doing? well, it now turns out that the white house visitor logs reveal he was in debate prep. he had three aides join him that night including ron claim, the democrat well-known as a debate prepper, and apparently the president was preparing for debate. >> mr. dude, a number of senators have requested information from him and wanted to find out exactly where...
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of 2012, just days after the brutal murders of four americans in the diplomatic outpost in benghazi, libya, i was perhaps to say outright that our government loyed to us about what happened. it is been two years, and through subkwent hearings and leaks and investigative reports and ever- changing reports from the current administration, i never had to recant or clarify my original blunt statement. this week judicial watch finally obtained bombshell e-mails revealing that the top white house aide instructed susan rice to go on shoes and spin the loy that benghazi was due to a video. ine caught with the pants down, the white house continued to play the american public for fools, giving comments like these from white house press hack jay con man carne. >> why are you would hoking back the information and why was it not turned over to the congress and released with all of the other e-mails and it is directly relevant. >> john. >> why did it take a court case. >> i can say again and dpaen and you can keep asking again and again. this document was not about benghazi. >> right? not only president
of 2012, just days after the brutal murders of four americans in the diplomatic outpost in benghazi, libya, i was perhaps to say outright that our government loyed to us about what happened. it is been two years, and through subkwent hearings and leaks and investigative reports and ever- changing reports from the current administration, i never had to recant or clarify my original blunt statement. this week judicial watch finally obtained bombshell e-mails revealing that the top white house...
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i wanted upon to create a crisis at one point he talked about the line of death around libya and challenge the united states which was having maneuvers in the gulf of sidra to cross that line which we did they send up three sorties which were promptly shot down and he thanked the united states for making him a hero to the third world he was highly identified with the underdog and and was supported terrorist groups around the world because they were seen as representing. the underdog what was really important to understand during the crisis as it mounted was that he had identified himself totally with the country of libya so that the notion that he would go off to a happy exile someplace it was not to be and that was really important to convey he said and he meant it that he would go down to the last drop of his blood which made it very important that his generals the ministers working in his government. not be identified with him in to create splits between them. to offer them a safe safe landing and at the end he was almost totally isolated. from other forces defected to the opposition an
i wanted upon to create a crisis at one point he talked about the line of death around libya and challenge the united states which was having maneuvers in the gulf of sidra to cross that line which we did they send up three sorties which were promptly shot down and he thanked the united states for making him a hero to the third world he was highly identified with the underdog and and was supported terrorist groups around the world because they were seen as representing. the underdog what was...
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it hastened the withdrawal of america entirely from any interest in libya. so in essence it was a way of saying it was not that the killing of the ambassador changes the course of a war, but it makes the statement it changes the psychology of the enemy, i. e., us, of course it was attack, as was known in the first half hour. >> often times it takes time and persistence until the truth is known. with benghazi, we'll remain on the case, poised to bring you the latest developments on a house select committee as soon as they happen. that is all for now, thank you for joining us. and good night. stick with innovation. stick with power. stick with technology. get the flexcare platinum from philips sonicare and save now. philips sonicare hey! i like your ride. i just wanted to let you know... you can save a ton by switching to progressive, just like squirrel here. we offer great discounts, like responsible rider, paid in full, and homeowners. making us number one in motorcycle insurance. isn't this romantic. it was. going the distance to save you more. now, that's
it hastened the withdrawal of america entirely from any interest in libya. so in essence it was a way of saying it was not that the killing of the ambassador changes the course of a war, but it makes the statement it changes the psychology of the enemy, i. e., us, of course it was attack, as was known in the first half hour. >> often times it takes time and persistence until the truth is known. with benghazi, we'll remain on the case, poised to bring you the latest developments on a house...
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from libya. there are still questions about what hillary clinton's involvement was and who actually conceived this video idea, this video narrative the white house pushed so hard. but i think what the ben rhodes' e-mail did this week, it told us there were in effect two different sets of talking points. one was created at least originated with the intelligence community, with heavy input from obama administration officials, and it was intended for delivery to capitol hill. the second which was revealed this week, were created by the white house for susan rice for her appearances on the sunday shows. and the difference between the two is the former, the first set, made virtually no mention of video. the talking points that came from the intelligence community. the second set of talking points that the video was suddenly the central part of the story. >> you did a lot of the early reporting there. do you feel vindicated now? >> i think we certainly have more answers to questions that we were answer
from libya. there are still questions about what hillary clinton's involvement was and who actually conceived this video idea, this video narrative the white house pushed so hard. but i think what the ben rhodes' e-mail did this week, it told us there were in effect two different sets of talking points. one was created at least originated with the intelligence community, with heavy input from obama administration officials, and it was intended for delivery to capitol hill. the second which was...
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the western border, the turmoil in libya. the situation in the sudan is problematic. the palestinian conflict. the nightmare in syria. you have sectarianism. all of this. the emergence of terrorism began in the region in high numbers. that is alarming. but i can't simply say it is too difficult. i can't use them, i can't say i have an excuse not to give it the best effort. because i know your system. my approach is if i feel you are not getting the message, i am going to explain it. if you don't want to listen, i will tell you what i am going to do because i believe we share the common goal at the end of the day. >> this is the largest mass sentencing in egypt's history. >> i assume so. it has not actually happened. they asked for their opinion, can i apply the death sentence to these men? he said only to those incriminated in the act of murder. >> how many of those have been directly incriminated in the act of murder? >> 37. the attorney general appealed it. so we will see. >> will it be 37? >> i assume so. >> the spiritual leader is accused of murder? >> look, i can
the western border, the turmoil in libya. the situation in the sudan is problematic. the palestinian conflict. the nightmare in syria. you have sectarianism. all of this. the emergence of terrorism began in the region in high numbers. that is alarming. but i can't simply say it is too difficult. i can't use them, i can't say i have an excuse not to give it the best effort. because i know your system. my approach is if i feel you are not getting the message, i am going to explain it. if you...
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. >> the bigger policy failure also is after the removal of gadhafi in libya, what was the follow-up? in addition to that on egypt, i'm not making that up. it's in the document that they provide to susan rice to prepare her for the sunday shows. >> there it is. here is the problem, hillary clinton was the one who was supposed to a, testify, and go on the talk shows. what's the reason for the terrorist attack? she was the one who had to have said, well, it was the video that caused the attack. they knew she couldn't do that because she was going to run in 2016 and they could not throw her under the bus at that pointt so she hits her head. cou she has to spend two weeks out of commission, can't testify, can't go on the talk shows and they send susan rice to do her dirty work. >> to take bullets. >> she had said that after that. that the video. she's already said that. >> because then that's the point, bob, that they were>> s already too far gone. then they had to get the cover-up and it begs the question of who pushed thegs cover-up. >> who cares? >> i care.e >> if you think russia or c
. >> the bigger policy failure also is after the removal of gadhafi in libya, what was the follow-up? in addition to that on egypt, i'm not making that up. it's in the document that they provide to susan rice to prepare her for the sunday shows. >> there it is. here is the problem, hillary clinton was the one who was supposed to a, testify, and go on the talk shows. what's the reason for the terrorist attack? she was the one who had to have said, well, it was the video that caused...
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robots is financial oppression really bringing that humanitarian cause like they did so successfully in libya iraq afghanistan vietnam or even detroit for that matter these people are kleptomaniacs and should be trusted as far as you can throw them or if you get a chance throw up on them make sure that he goes in the right in the stream of a maybe a projectile vomit to let people know how they feel about him really so i want to look at the front page of the financial times which has a shocking headline here china to overtake u.s. economy this year you know you've got your follow up here because this humanitarian chuck hegel road show of terror which he calls the humanitarian is like charles manson on an international road show of terror and abuse so here he is talking about the new charles manson and he's like ok this is what it's all tied to that china is now officially their worst fears they were clinton's worst fear william kristol bloody william kristol the neo con psyche. path from washington this is his worst fear this is the project for a new american century this is their worst fear t
robots is financial oppression really bringing that humanitarian cause like they did so successfully in libya iraq afghanistan vietnam or even detroit for that matter these people are kleptomaniacs and should be trusted as far as you can throw them or if you get a chance throw up on them make sure that he goes in the right in the stream of a maybe a projectile vomit to let people know how they feel about him really so i want to look at the front page of the financial times which has a shocking...
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when they have the opportunity to engage, when president obama has engaged, libya being an example, they went after him saying why did you do that? it's not a matter of whether they care, it's a matter of they are like the no president. i have a toddler. right now she's in her no stage. she says no to be in the opposition. that's where the republican party is. >> it's a fair comparison to compare republicans to toddlers. >> i was just going to say let's go back where we started and that was the economy. you said there are some people doing well, but there are a lot of people who are concerned. so when you have a population that's concerned about employment, the last thing they are worried about is ukraine. the last thing they are worried about is foreign policy. they are more concerned about my home, my employment opportunity. that's why you see this mixed attitude because a lot of people are concerned about their future and their employment opportunities here at home. >> hopefully as they watch the republican scandal machine crank its way through the spring between the ir, and trying to
when they have the opportunity to engage, when president obama has engaged, libya being an example, they went after him saying why did you do that? it's not a matter of whether they care, it's a matter of they are like the no president. i have a toddler. right now she's in her no stage. she says no to be in the opposition. that's where the republican party is. >> it's a fair comparison to compare republicans to toddlers. >> i was just going to say let's go back where we started and...
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mission in benghazi, libya, that killed four american diplomats. an e-mail showed a white house official played a role and susan race and her talk show appearances. ben rhodes writing in an e-mail two days before that the administration wanted her, quote, to underscore that these
mission in benghazi, libya, that killed four american diplomats. an e-mail showed a white house official played a role and susan race and her talk show appearances. ben rhodes writing in an e-mail two days before that the administration wanted her, quote, to underscore that these
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mission in benghazi, libya, that killed four american diplomats. an e-mail showed a white house official played a role and susan race and her talk show appearances. ben rhodes writing in an e-mail two days before that the administration wanted her, quote, to underscore that these protests are rooted in an internet video, and not a broader failure of policy. joining the panel this week, "wall street journal" columnist and deputy editor dan henninger. matt kominski and columnist mary anastasia o'grady. matt, i thought all the e-mails were supposed to have been released long ago. how did this turn up now? >> and so did congress. and all the media. this one came out of the request from judicial watch, conservative watchdog group, who put in a freedom of information act request, saying there's more stuff there, we want to see it. that they fought it, but they eventually released it last month, and among these 41 documents -- >> turn it over to committee, though, in the last few days. >> exactly. to the committee and the judicial watch. and among the 41
mission in benghazi, libya, that killed four american diplomats. an e-mail showed a white house official played a role and susan race and her talk show appearances. ben rhodes writing in an e-mail two days before that the administration wanted her, quote, to underscore that these protests are rooted in an internet video, and not a broader failure of policy. joining the panel this week, "wall street journal" columnist and deputy editor dan henninger. matt kominski and columnist mary...
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and the protests around the middle east and not talking about the rise of jih jihadists and groups in libya that our intelligence officers saw coming and warned about in the months and weeks preceding the benghazi attack. although no tactical warning this particular attack was coming. the other issue is the overall house gop investigation has been done fragmentarily with the house armed services committee and oversight committees all doing different investigations and in some cases, coming to different conclusions. the fact that john boehner is now having one special committee to investigate all of this is significant and i think the catalyst for that decision from the house speaker was the fact that this important e-mail from the perspective of the republicans was basically kept from congress until about two weeks ago. >> i think that benghazi has become a catch phrase for so many different complaints about the administration by its critics. do you think now there could be specificity to gain traction? when i sat down with the president as this was all unfolding in the first go-round, what
and the protests around the middle east and not talking about the rise of jih jihadists and groups in libya that our intelligence officers saw coming and warned about in the months and weeks preceding the benghazi attack. although no tactical warning this particular attack was coming. the other issue is the overall house gop investigation has been done fragmentarily with the house armed services committee and oversight committees all doing different investigations and in some cases, coming to...
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consulate in benghazi libya in 2012. speaker john boehner is forming a select committee to investigate disclosures this week that show the add min strigs misled the american people. mark al enter the in our washington bureau with more. >> reporter: good morning. speaker john boehner as recently as last month saw no reason for such a high-profile committee, but changed his mind this week and announced it just hours after a different house committee subpoenaed secretary of state john kerry to testify. the rapid fire kerry subpoena in special select committee announcement on friday capped off a week that saw the release of a previously unseen white house e-mail written by deputy national security adviser ben rhodes. it was sent in the days after the 2012 attack which killed u.s. ambassador chris stephens and three other americans. republicans call the e-mail a smoking gun that shows the white house wrongly blamed an anti-islamic video, putting, they say, political damage control over the facts. >> none of them think it's a
consulate in benghazi libya in 2012. speaker john boehner is forming a select committee to investigate disclosures this week that show the add min strigs misled the american people. mark al enter the in our washington bureau with more. >> reporter: good morning. speaker john boehner as recently as last month saw no reason for such a high-profile committee, but changed his mind this week and announced it just hours after a different house committee subpoenaed secretary of state john kerry...
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the real issue here is why did an ambassador have little or no real security in a place like libya on september 11th. >> that's a great question. who was in charge of security at the time when we knew that there were a number of attacks, a number of threats leading up to this incident. we knew they had drones in the sky watching ago live video feed as this battle unfolded for 7 to 8 hours. ty woods, of course you remember he was killed tragically in this attack, a navy seal who was killed, said when the bodies arrived back in the united states, hillary clinton looked right into his eyes and still was blaming it on that video. listen. >> well it, came out on the 12th, i'm sorry, on the 14th. this was about the same time that i met hillary clinton when the bodies came in to andrews air force base. and i think i mentioned this to you before. hillary clinton came up to me and i gave her a handshake and a hug. and when i shook her hand she said to me: we are going to have the film maker arrested. >> do you i think this may be te single most shocking thing in the benghazi story. secretary o
the real issue here is why did an ambassador have little or no real security in a place like libya on september 11th. >> that's a great question. who was in charge of security at the time when we knew that there were a number of attacks, a number of threats leading up to this incident. we knew they had drones in the sky watching ago live video feed as this battle unfolded for 7 to 8 hours. ty woods, of course you remember he was killed tragically in this attack, a navy seal who was...
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and according to the e-mail, jones spoke to libya's ambassador at 9:45 a.m. on september 12, the day after the attack. and when the libyan ambassador said the government suspected that former gadhafi regime elements carried out the attacks, i told him the group that conducted the attacks was ansar al sharia, which is affiliated with islamic extremist s. now wait a minute. if hillary knew or her state department knew the day after 9:45 in the morning, why did she along with the president and everybody else go out there with a the youtube video narrative? i think the answer is obvious, because of political concern. >> exactly. in other words, this fit the narrative of this being a strong leader and by the way, we killed bin laden. it was very important to continue that myth all the way through the elections. >> all right. so you mentioned that you know a thing or two about special select committees. i think boehner has been very slow in doing this. i'm glad he finally did this. memo pushed it over the hill. what does this mean for those that are involved, those
and according to the e-mail, jones spoke to libya's ambassador at 9:45 a.m. on september 12, the day after the attack. and when the libyan ambassador said the government suspected that former gadhafi regime elements carried out the attacks, i told him the group that conducted the attacks was ansar al sharia, which is affiliated with islamic extremist s. now wait a minute. if hillary knew or her state department knew the day after 9:45 in the morning, why did she along with the president and...
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. >> the bigger policy failure is after the removal of gadaffi in libya, what was the follow will you please? i'm not making that up. that's actually in the document to susan rice to prepare her for the background. >> hillary clinton was the one supposed to testify and b go on those talk shows and to ask the question what was the reason for the terror attack. she couldn't say it was because of the video. they could not throw her under the bus under the at that point. she hits her head and can't go on the talk shows. and they send susan rice -- >> to take bullets. >> she said the video. >> that was the point, bob. they were already too far gone. it begins begs the question who push the video. >> do you think russia or china is quaking in their boots when they see these ferris buler's running the administration? >> leon panetta was not a child. to blanketly indict an administration and call the names you want to call obama and say that's the whole administration is bull. >> do you know who cares -- whoever runs against hillary rodham clinton for president. you know why? >> it's pure pol
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remember libya. i believe so far we can be quite proud that even though there are differences here and they're both within and between we have managed to keep things together. i believe we would be operating -- offering of victory on a silver platter if he allowed us either within the eu or in the trans-atlantic community to be divided about the response. i mean that only half seriously then do we should say thank you, mr. president, the reminding is that there is a need to have a vibrant and active nato. some people in europe are beginning to think that maybe after afghanistan we don't need this organization that much anymore. thank you, mr. president, for reminding us that it is a good idea for europe to look at how to diversify our energy sources such. thank you, mr. president, for also reminding us that it is totally essential as an objective for the european union to speak with one voice, not only when things are called bud particularly at times of crises. i believe you have given us enough. i w
remember libya. i believe so far we can be quite proud that even though there are differences here and they're both within and between we have managed to keep things together. i believe we would be operating -- offering of victory on a silver platter if he allowed us either within the eu or in the trans-atlantic community to be divided about the response. i mean that only half seriously then do we should say thank you, mr. president, the reminding is that there is a need to have a vibrant and...